Schedule

Here is the tentative schedule of our class. I will try to keep this up to date. Remember that if you are presenting in a given week, you need to meet with me at least two weeks beforehand (having read and thought about the chapter) to plot and scheme, and then once more to finalize everything before you actually present/teach.

Wk	Date	Topic	Presenter	Readings	Lab topic		Term project
1	Jan 8	Becoming an “ecological detective”	Dr. B	Syllabus, Preface, Ch1	Gentle Intro to R
2	Jan 15	Ecological models and data	Dr. B	Ch1-2	Graphing & exploring data
3	Jan 22	Algebra and calculus review	Mike & Scott	Ch3 (Beginning)	Getting (more) comfortable with R
4	Jan 29	Bestiary of functions	Natalie & Paul	Ch 3, entirety	Deterministic functions
5	Feb 5	Probability and stochastic distributions	Amy & Meghan & Steven	Appendix, Ch 4	Using stochastic distributions
6	Feb 12	Stochastic simulation & power	Cami & Amanda	Ch5	Simulation & power analysis		Think about ideas
7	Feb 19	Likelihood and all that	Emily Haeuser & Angie & Joy	Ch6	Likelihood & parameter estimation
8	Feb 26		Emily Haeuser & Angie & Joy		Likelihood assignment		Data in hand!
9	Mar 5	Optimization methods	Meghan & Steven	Ch7	Open lab		Consultation period
	Mar 12	Spring break
10	Mar 19	Likelihood examples	Scott & Emily Hall & Cami	Ch8	Intro to WinBUGS
11	Mar 26	Standard statistics revisited	Amy & Natalie & Emily Hall	Ch9	Standard stats in R		work
12	Apr 2	Modeling variance	Paul & Mike & Amanda	Ch10	Hierarchical models		work
13	Apr 9	Individuals present data & problem to class / group consult			open lab		work
14	Apr 16	Open: consult / work on projects					Final consult
15	Apr 23	Tuesday presentations:1. 2. 3. 4.	Wednesday presentations: 5. 6. 7. 8. Beers	Thursday presentations: 9. 10. 11. 12.			Present!